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K. S. COOK.

SKEIN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR-15. 191B.

Patented J My 22, 1919.

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KATHLEEN s. coox, or nAs'roN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul 22, 1919.

Application and March 15,1910. Serial No. 222,540.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, KATHLEEN S. 000K,-

a citizen of the United States, residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Skein- Holders, of which the following is a speclfication.

My invention relates to skein. winders,

and has for its object to provide a simple and convenient device for holdinga hank or skein of worsted or yarn while it is belng rolled into a ball.

At the of knittin is being done by the womenof the country and practically all the yarn suitable for knitting is supplied to them in hanks or skeins and must be rolled into balls before being used. A

While being rolled into a ball the skein must be supported in an open position as is Well known either by'being held on the hands of a second person or on the back of a chair or in some similar manner.

The object of my present invention, therefore, is to provide a support having the advantageous features hereinafter described provide an adjustable skein holder which may be assembled readily and when disassembled may be contained in very small space, and which when in use is rigid and convenient to'use.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in the features of construction described in the following specification and shown on the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 shows a skein supporter'embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, the hub supporting the radial arms;

Fig.3, the central support for the hub;

Fig. 4, the base;

Fig. 5, one of the radial arms; and

Fi 6, one of the pins inserted in the radii arms.

Referring more in particular to the drawings, in Fig. 1, a is the base or support shown separately in Fig. 4, and b a central support secured in the base a by means of Socket (1.

On the top of support 6 is the pivot e on which is mounted so as to be free to rotate the hub f.

give the present time an enormous amount into balls and This hub is 9 into which are fitted the removable arms 1:. carrying the pins j adjustable in the holes is at greater or less distance from the pivot e to suit the varyingsizes of the skeins of worsted Z while being rolled intothe ball m.

This base, a should be of suitable size to necessary stability to the device when in .use and if desired may be given additional stability by means of additional weight. g

The hub f has the sockets or recesses 9 preferably of a, dovetailed form, the inner ends of the arms It being of a dovetailed form to match, in order that the arms k may be retained in position in the hub f.

The holes is in the arms h for pins j should have a slight outward inclination so as to more securely hold the skein.

In this manner I provide a convenient device for holding yarn while'being wound one which can readily be taken apart by any one and reduced to a very small compass for carrying around. It is often desirable to carry this device to a gathering where wool is to be wound and by my construction it can be reduced to a very compact bundle and at the same time forms a substantial and rigid construction when assembled.

It is to be understood that the present showing and description disclose only one specific embodiment of my present invention, and that other forms and modifications are included within the spirit and appended claims.

Having thus What I claim is:

1. In a skein supporter, a circular diskshaped hub rotatably pivoted upon a central support which is itself rotatably secured in a ase, said hub having a plurality of radial slots dovetailed on their lateral edges, a plurality of rigid radial arms outstanding from said hub and having on their inner ends dovetailed surfaces fitting said dovetailed slots on the hub and detachable pins projecting at an outward angle from the upper surface of said arms at their extremities to support and hold the skein while it' is being wound.

2. 'Ina skein supporter, a circular disk- Shaped hub rotatably pivoted upon a central described my invention,

provided with a number ofsockets or recesses su port which is itself rotatably secured in radial arms, the arms'being adapted to be a ase, said hub hav1 a pluraht of ra lal readily withdrawn from the hub, the hub slots dovetailed on t eir latera edges a readily withdrawn from the rotatable su 15 lurality of rigid radial arms outstandmg port and the rotatable sup ort readily wit 5 rom said hub and havin on their inner drawn from the base w ereby the whole ends dovetailed surfaces tting said dovestructure in its normal inoperative position tailed slots on the hub and detachable pins is entirely disassembled, each art separate projecting at an outward angle. from the from the other so thatit may compactly 2 upper surface of said arms at their excontained within a small lacs. 7

1o tremities to support and hold the skein In testimony whereof, I ave hereunto set whileit is being wound, the said pins being my hand. adapted to be readily withdrawn from the Q KATHLEEN S. COOK. 

